How would you separate a mixture of granulated sugar and beach sand of comparable grain size?

Would you add water so the sugar could dissolve, then filter the sand out, then distill the water out? If I'm wrong, can you please tell me what I could do then?

Your plan would work perfectly.

Another option might be to use a tweezer and seperate the grains one at a time, but I think your idea is better.

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